Cutter cleaner for food choppers



L. C. EDWARDS CUTTER CLEANER FOR FOOD CHOPPERS Filed March 8, 1923 Patented Jan. 1, i924.

*"tlhll? PTET LOUIS C. EDWARDS, OF ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

CUTTER CLEANER FOR, FOOD CHOPPERS.

Application filed March 8, 1923. Serial No. 623,766.

To all whom 2'2, may concern: position. When applying and removing the 55 Be it known that 1, Louis C. EDWARDS, a link 5, this link slides within the loop a and citizen of the United States, residing at when said link is entirely disengaged from Ellington, in the county of Tolland and the band end 6, it is held by said loop to 5 State of Connecticut, have invented certain prevent accidental loss.

new and useful Improvements in Cutter The link 5 in the preferred form of con- 60 Cleaners for Food Choppers; and I do destruction, is provided with parallel side bars clare the following to be a full, clear, and 8 connected by a plurality of transverse bars exact description of the invention, such as 9, any one of which may be engaged with 10 will enable others skilled in the art to which the band end 6, according to the size of the it appertains to make and use the same. meatchoppcr to which the device is to be as My invention has for its principal object attached. to provide a simple and inexpensive device By employing the construction shown or a which may be easily attached to an ordinary substantial equivalent thereof, a device is food chopper for the purpose of cleaning provided which will be simple and inexpenthe food from the chopping knife. sive, may be quickly and easily attached, and A further object is to provide a device of will be highly desirable for the purpose the character set forth. which is readily adintended. justable to fit different sizes of choppers. As excellent results have been obtained 20 lVith the foregoing in view, the invention from the details disclosed, these details are resir in the novel subject matter her'einpreferably followed. However, within the after described and claimed, the description scope of the invention as claimed, numerous being supplemented by the accompanying minor changes may be made. drawing. I claim: as, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the 1. A cleaner for the rotary cutter of a application of my invention to a food food chopper, comprising a cleaning finger 30 chopper. adapted for co-action with the periphery of Figure :2 1s a perspective view of the the cutter, and a carrying band for said lincleanmg attachment. ger, said band being transversely split and an In the drawing above briefly described, the adapted to surround the discharge neck of numeral 1 designates a transversely split the chopper, the ends of the band being metal band adapted to be secured around the extended laterally in spaced parallelism, and delivery end of an ordinary food chopper, -a link carried by one of said ends, the other one edge of said band being provided with end being shaped to provide a cam over 35 an outwardly extending rigid finger 2 which which a portion of the link is drawn to conextends obliquely toward the axis of the tract the band around said discharge neck. go hand for the purpose of engaging the outer 2. A. cleaner attachment for the'discharge side of the cutter of the food chopper, neck of a food choppercomprising a transfr' Sowing to prevent excessive accuversely split band adapted to surround said 4:. mulation of food upon this cutter, as it is discharge neck, the ends of said band being being chopped. directed laterally into spaced parallelism and In the preferred form of construction, one end being bent upon itself to form an one end of the band 1 is extended radially elongated loop, the other end of the band outward as indicated at 3 and is bent upon being bent toward said loop to provide a itself to provide a radially disposed loop 4: cam, an arcuate integral cleaning finger carin which one end of an elongated link 5 is ried by said band and adapted for co-action slidably and pivotally received. The other with the cutter, and a connecting link carend of the band 1 is extended outwardly into ried by said loop, said link having spaced substantially parallel relation with the end cross bars adapted to be selectively engaged 59 3, as indicated by the reference numeral 6 with said cam to contract the band around and this end 6 is preferably curved in the the discharge neck. 10c manner shown to provide a cam 7 over which In testimony whereof I have hereunto the link 5 is forced to contract the band 1 affixed my signature. around the chopper and hold it in contracted LOUIS C. EDWARDS. 

